Rhetoric and Governance Under Trump - Proclamations From the Bullshit Pulpit

This book analyzes the rhetoric of Donald Trump to argue that Trump embraces conflicting populist and Republican values, and as a result has relied on populist and polarizing rhetoric, along with fabricated crises, to reconcile these combating ideals and uphold his image of an "anti-status quo politician."

List of contents

Chapter 1: Trump, Bullshit, and the Pictures in Our Heads

Chapter 2: "I think I know it better than they do": Presidential Rhetoric and Evidence Use

Chapter 3: "Very Fine People on Both Sides:" Kategoria, Apologia, and Trump's Response to Charlottesville

Chapter 4: "Time to start looking at the other side" : The Rhetoric of Bullshit and Polarization

Chapter 5: "American Carnage": Governance under Trump

Chapter 6: "Great and Unmatched Wisdom": Foreign Policy under Trump

Chapter 7: Conclusion

Bibliography

About the Authors

About the author

Bernd Kaussler is professor of political science at James Madison University.

Lars J. Kristiansen is assistant professor in the School of Communication Studies at James Madison University.

Jeffrey Delbert is associate professor in the College of Fine Arts and Communication at Lenoir-Rhyne University.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey Delbert, Delbert Jeffrey, Bernd Kaussler, Bernd Kristiansen Kaussler, Kaussler Bernd, Lars J. Kristiansen
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781498594837
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-9483-7
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: Lexington Studies in Contemporary Rhetoric; Lexington Studies in Contempor
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; USA, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Communication Studies, United States of America, USA, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Central / national / federal government, Central government, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc